The forehead is covered by a thin sheet of muscle called the occipital frontalis. When you raise your eyebrows, this is the muscle you use. It is also connected to the muscles around the eyes. As we age, this muscle loses its tone and elasticity, encouraging both frown lines and drooping of the skin over the eyes.

By exercising this muscle, you help smooth and minimize frown lines, lift the eyebrows into an elegant arch and prevent the drooping of the upper eyelid.

As the forehead muscle increases in tone, you should feel the tension across the front of your forehead when you perform this exercise.

Place both palms of the hands over the forehead, so that the fingers rest on the front of your head and scalp, and your thumbs touch your temples. The lower part of your palms covers your eyebrows. Press your palms firmly against the forehead bone and gently pull the skin upwards and outwards.

Place your palms over your forehead and fingers over the front of your skull. Use your palms to provide resistance. Place your palms over your forehead.

Now slowly pull your eyebrows and forehead down, trying to close your eyes against the upper pressure of your palms.

Try to move the entire sheath of muscle across your forehead down towards your nose. Try not to frown or use only the eyebrows. Use your palms to keep your eyebrows gently separated by pressing outward as well as upward.

You should feel tension across your forehead only. Hold the tension for a slow count of up to 30 seconds, then gently drop the forehead skin down to it’s resting position, release the tension and take away your palms. Do this once a day.